Speculative truth :: Henry Cavendish, natural philosophy, and the rise of modern theoretical science /

With a never-before published paper by Lord Henry Cavendish, as well as a biography on him, this book offers a fascinating discourse on the rise of scientific attitudes and ways of knowing. A pioneering British physicist in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Cavendish was widely considered to b...

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1. Verfasser: McCormmach, Russell
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Schriftenreihe:OUP E-Books.
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Zusammenfassung:With a never-before published paper by Lord Henry Cavendish, as well as a biography on him, this book offers a fascinating discourse on the rise of scientific attitudes and ways of knowing. A pioneering British physicist in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Cavendish was widely considered to be the first full-time scientist in the modern sense. Through the lens of this unique thinker and writer, this book is about the birth of modern science.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 258 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index.
ISBN:9780195347807
0195347803
0195186532
9780195186536
9780195160048
0195160045
1280503092
9781280503092
9781602569225
1602569223
9786610503094
6610503095

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